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Twelve goals at Goodison Park (and two referees): archive, 13 May 1935https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/13/league-charity-match-twelve-goals-1935-archive
<p><strong>13 May 1935: </strong>Football League team wins 10-2 in a charity match for the King’s Jubilee trust fund</p><p><strong>Football League 10, Irish and Welsh 2</strong><br></p><p>What’s in a name? A great deal in football, it seems. A regrettably thin crowd went to Goodison Park, Liverpool, on Saturday to see two fine teams play a most entertaining match for the <a href="https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2016/05/12/King's_Jubilee_Trust_Fund_2_March_1935.jpeg">King’s Jubilee Trust Fund</a>. Had these teams been labelled “Liverpool” and “Everton” and the match been called “F.A. Cup, sixth-round tie,” the ground would hardly have held the people eager to see it. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/13/league-charity-match-twelve-goals-1935-archive">Continue reading...</a>Football LeagueBolton WanderersEvertonBlackpoolCharitiesFootballMonarchyFri, 13 May 2016 04:30:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/13/league-charity-match-twelve-goals-1935-archivePhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyNorman James Neilson Dixon2016-05-13T04:30:04ZGeorge Best – a life in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2015/nov/25/george-best-a-life-in-pictures
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/nov/25/sport.obituaries2">George Best died 10 years ago today</a>. To commemorate his passing we take a look at some images of his Manchester United career, and how football reacted to his death on 25 November 2005 <br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2015/nov/25/george-best-a-life-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>George BestManchester UnitedNorthern IrelandFootballSportWed, 25 Nov 2015 15:47:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2015/nov/25/george-best-a-life-in-picturesPhotograph: Ray Green/taken from picture libraryPhotograph: Ray Green/taken from picture libraryDaffydd Bynon2015-11-25T15:47:17ZUnseen Brian Clough – behind the scenes at Nottingham Foresthttps://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2015/apr/22/unseen-brian-clough-behind-the-scenes-at-nottingham-forest
<p>Ken Smales, the long-time secretary at Nottingham Forest and a close ally of Brian Clough, died last month at the age of 87. Smales, a former Yorkshire cricketer, was ever-present at the City Ground for over four decades, including the glory years when Clough and Peter Taylor led the team from the old second division to two European Cups. For the first time, a selection of photographs from his private collection documenting those years have been made public<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2015/apr/22/unseen-brian-clough-behind-the-scenes-at-nottingham-forest">Continue reading...</a>Brian CloughNottingham ForestFootballSportWed, 22 Apr 2015 09:39:55 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2015/apr/22/unseen-brian-clough-behind-the-scenes-at-nottingham-forestPhotograph: Family of Ken SmalesPhotograph: Family of Ken SmalesDaniel Taylor and Daffydd Bynon2015-04-22T09:39:55ZFrom four teams to 24: How Euro 2020 reflects a changing Europehttps://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/sep/23/four-teams-22-euro-2020-changing-europe
<p>On July 10 1960 at the Parc des Princes in Paris, the Soviet Union defeated Yugoslavia 2-1 in the first ever final of the European Championships. A game between what are now 22 different countries. How was Europe changed since then?</p><p>On July 10 1960 at the Parc des Princes in Paris, the Soviet Union defeated Yugoslavia 2-1 (a.e.t.) in the first ever final of the European Championships. A game between what are now 22 different countries*.<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/sep/23/four-teams-22-euro-2020-changing-europe">Continue reading...</a>EuropeFootballSportEuropean ChampionshipWembley stadiumTue, 23 Sep 2014 11:30:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/sep/23/four-teams-22-euro-2020-changing-europePhotograph: Hulton GettyAn aerial view of Wembley during match in 1960. Hulton GettyPhotograph: Hulton GettyAn aerial view of Wembley during match in 1960. Hulton GettyGeorge Arnett and Alberto Nardelli2014-09-23T11:30:01ZSocceroos prepare to cross Jordan in World Cup qualifierhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/10/australia-jordan-world-cup-qualifer-2014
Australia impressed against Japan last week but can they maintain that level in a game when they are not underdogs?<p>The whole of Australia is pulling together ahead of the must-win 2014 World Cup qualifier with Jordan on Tuesday in Melbourne. Last Wednesday, Adnan Hamad, the head coach of the visiting team, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-07/jordan-to-notify-fifa-after-football-coach-detained-at-melbourn/4739302">was held at the airport for four hours</a>. Rumours that fans are planning to camp outside Jordan’s hotel blasting music and honking horns until dawn, stopping just to make prank phone calls to players’ rooms are unconfirmed.&nbsp;</p><p>The only thing that Australia had to declare at the airport was an excess of high spirits <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/04/japan-australia-world-cup-qualifer-2014">after a strong performance and 1-1 draw with Japan</a> that would have been a famous win were it not for a last-minute penalty. If Saitama could be bottled it would be a heady Aussie brew full of organisation, teamwork, and fight, even if the aftertaste may be slightly bitter. Something different is needed against Jordan a less fancied, less glamorous and less ambitious opponent in front of an expectant home crowd. And this time a draw is not going to do it.&nbsp;</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/10/australia-jordan-world-cup-qualifer-2014">Continue reading...</a>AustraliaWorld Cup 2014World Cup 2014 qualifiersAustralia sportSportMon, 10 Jun 2013 22:27:47 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/10/australia-jordan-world-cup-qualifer-2014Photograph: David Crosling/AAPAustralia train ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Jordan. Photograph: David Crosling/AAPPhotograph: David Crosling/AAPAustralia train ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Jordan. Photograph: David Crosling/AAPJohn Duerden2013-06-10T22:27:47ZArsenal's 20 defining matches – introducing our new ebookhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/sep/13/arsenal-20-defining-matches-ebook
Chapman, Wenger and the Zeppelin - read the Arsenal story, as told by Guardian and Observer writers since 1886<br /><br /><strong>Available now </strong><a href="http://amzn.to/OpYmQ5" title=""><strong>on Kindle for £1.99</strong></a> or <a href="http://bit.ly/PYNyek"><strong>as an iBook</strong></a><p>On 29 April 1930 the Guardian reported on the aftermath of Arsenal's first FA Cup final victory.</p><p>"At the Highbury ground 35,000 people assembled to welcome the Cup winners on the occasion of their League game with Sunderland. Part of the giant stand was decorated with flags and streamers, and a huge effigy of a duck adorned the front of the directors' box – a live duck, owned by an Arsenal supporter, having been present at all the club's Cup-ties this season. Nearly everybody wore a rosette.</p><p>"McDougall, the Sunderland captain, led out his team and lined them up, and there was a roar of welcome when the Arsenal men appeared. First came Parker, carrying the Cup, and he and the other players passed along the line and shook the hand of each of the Sunderland players. Meanwhile the band, faintly heard above the din, played: 'See the conquering hero comes'."</p><p>"After the final whistle a marching band returns to Highbury for the first time since … well, no one remembers exactly when. Alex Morgan, the Police tenor from a long time ago, sings a song. And a procession of former players parades around the ground they used to play on: Bould, Brady, Caesar, George, Jennings, McDonald, Rix, Petit, it goes on and on, even Perry Groves turns up.</p><p>"'Oh Rocky, Rocky. Rocky, Rocky, Rocky Rocastle,' sings the crowd for one who can't make it. I don't think there's a dry eye in the house.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/sep/13/arsenal-20-defining-matches-ebook">Continue reading...</a>ArsenalFootballSportThu, 13 Sep 2012 21:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/sep/13/arsenal-20-defining-matches-ebookPhotograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty ImagesFans at Highbury in 1938: click to enlarge. Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty ImagesFans at Highbury in 1938: click to enlarge. Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty ImagesGuardian Sport2012-09-13T21:00:00Z